[SOLVED] Total Newb questions...Fedora 12

[Kalthia]

Good Morning!

I have installed Linux for the first time on an old Gateway purchased from work.
The system seems up and running, but I can't get connected to my wireless or the wired network.

I have tried using the network manager, but it isn't working.
I have tried reinstalling Fedora 12

I have the following LSUSB and LSCPI output.

[Betty@Kami ~]$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

[Betty@Kami ~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to CSA Bridge (rev 02)
00:06.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Memory Interface (rev ff)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82547EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
03:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
03:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4510 IEEE-1394 Controller
03:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

I am a total newb, and I have downloaded this driver: T3000_WLAN_BROADCOM_V3.20.23.0_XPTPC thinking that was the problem. But, I dont know how to get it to install. I put it on a CD and clicked on that file, but nothing seems to happen.

Can someone give me some other things to try?
I appreciate your time!

~Betty

[mouse_runner]

Originally Posted by Kalthia

03:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)



~Betty

betty

try,, as root, on a terminal

yum install kmod-wl

you got bradcom drivers on your wireless , and there are drivers for it

if this does not work,, pls post output of:

yum repolist

[Kalthia]

[root@Kami Betty]# yum install kmod-wi
Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again

[root@Kami Betty]# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
repo id repo name status
fedora Fedora 12 - i386 enabled: 0
updates Fedora 12 - i386 - Updates enabled: 0
repolist: 0

Oh I am so proud! I knew what you meant by "as root" .. LOL.

[mouse_runner]

here we go:
step 1:
install rpmfusion repo:
open a terminal and log in as root,, by

su -

followed by enter
your root password will be asked

then:

rpm -i http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm

and

rpm -i http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

step2
install broadcom drivers:

yum install kmod-wl

remove network cable, and reboot
depending on your router configuration,, you need to know your wpa-key

[Kalthia]

That would be awesome, but my system is not recognizing my wired or wireless connection. I can't connect at all.

Can I d/l this to a disk and install that way?

[mouse_runner]

hmmm,,

this is beyond my knowledge
as default,, bassicly all distro's should be able to detect wired internet..
sorry, i have no idea

[Kalthia]

Thank you for your time Mouse_Runner, I got it up and running..